Xref: utzoo sci.med:23559 sci.bio:4589 alt.drugs:9904 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!bmb From: bmb@bluemoon.uucp (Bryan Bankhead) Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.bio,alt.drugs Subject: Re: LSD and Manic depression. Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 03:10:14 GMT References: Sender: bbs@bluemoon.uucp (BBS Login) Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-9980/2/4) Lines: 12 rk3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert J. Knapp) writes: > The other day in a workshop on Bhuddism, I heard that lsd can cause > manic-deppression[bi-polar personality]. Because of my lack of faith in > the people who told me this, I'm wondering if anyone out there has any > scientific insight into this matter, I mean real results from real > experiments. No anecdotal evidence please. There is no evidence that LSD is capable of causing such a personality change. Although your emotions can get on a bit of a rollercoaster while it's active, none of these changes is permanent. This knowledge comes from controlled tests using standard personality measurements.